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Monday, February 19, 2018

BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Greece has made "tremendous efforts" and is close to get a new disbursement of loans from its euro zone creditors, Eurogroup chief Mario Centeno said on Monday. "Of all 110 prior actions, only 2 are still outstanding, which ...

BRUSSELS — Greece is close to receive a new disbursement of loans from its euro zone creditors after having completed most of the required reforms, the head of the Eurogroup of the bloc's finance ministers said on Monday. "Of all the 110 prior actions ...

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The money from the fourth tranche is not expected to fill Greek coffers until at least mid-March, as the Eurogroup is demanding that GREECE complete two pending prior actions from 110 reforms it needed to implement in order to wrap up the program. The pending reforms relate to electronic foreclosures ...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is unlikely to transfer the next financial aid tranche of 5.7 billion euros or $7 billion, to GREECE earlier than in the second half of March, Managing Director of the ESM Klaus Regling said Monday. "I don't anticipate that the ESM will be able to ...

The school board in the town of Greece is sending a letter to lawmakers, the State Education Department and Board of Regents, the governor and others outlining how the current state assessment system for grades three through eight is failing students.

Little Greek Fresh Grill has opened a location in the Riverview area of Tampa Bay, Florida, a news release said. The restaurant, which is owned and operated by Nino DeLucia, is the chain's 34th location over five states, according to Nick Vojnovic ...

Residents and visitors of the pretty Greek seaside town of Galaxidi have marked the start of the Orthodox Lent with a colourful spectacle. In what is known as a “flour war”, participants pelted each other with bags of dyed flour along the coastal road ...

Harvard University Professor Emerita Gloria Pinney presents “Out of The Bronze Age: The Legacy of Minos,” Monday Feb. 26 as part of The Getzel Cohen Memorial Lecture series. Pinney’s lecture will begin at 6 p.m. in room 114 of the University of ...

Hellenic News publisher Paul Kotrotsios sat down in February with Manakos at St. Nicholas GREEK Orthodox Church in Bethlehem to talk about his campaign. Kotrotsios offered his congratulations and the newspaper's support. “Bravo for remembering your dad,” Kotrotsios said. “The Hellenic News of ...

“In Zimbabwe we have another part of the GREEK diaspora that feels forgotten, given that it has been decades since any member of the GREEK government paid a visit and the last bilateral agreement signed by Greece was that in 1982, 36 years ago…most of which was forgotten,” he added. He noted that ...

Alright, let's just address this before we even get started: No, there's nothing 'traditional' about GREEK 'nachos.' Yes, they are a bastardization of the cheese-and-bean covered tortilla chips you're used to. But ya know what? Nachos themselves are an American bastardization of Mexican food. But nobody ...

GALAXIDI, Greece – For a few hours every year, residents and visitors of this pretty Greek seaside town have a license to lose their civility. They have what's known as a "flour war" — participants pelt each other with bags of dyed flour along the ...

A U.S. Marine from GREECE died in a motorcycle crash last week. According to the San Diego County Department of the Medical Examiner, Logan Parkhurst, 21, was killed following a crash on Interstate 15 in San Diego on Friday morning. He was trying to exit the highway around 6:30 a.m., when he ...

It was said to be filled with the deadly breath of the GREEK god of death who ruled over the underworld, Hades. But now scientists have found the tales of people dropping dead at the site could have been more than just stories. Researchers have discovered there is evidence the site, in modern day ...

The “cold-blooded approach” of Turkey and Turkish Cyprus is preventing a conflict over the unilaterla exploitation of gas reserves by GREEK Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Kudret Özersay said. The GREEK Cypriot government will no longer be permitted to continue ...

In GREECE, sea arrivals continued along the same patterns as in the second half of 2017 with Syrian and Iraqi families comprising most of those crossing the sea from Turkey. In January, Syrians (30%), Iraqis (29%) and Afghans (13%) were the primary nationalities arriving by sea. The number of people ...

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 19 (SeeNews) - A consortium including Romanian gas transmission company Transgaz [BSE:TGN] said on Monday it has submitted an offer to acquire 66% of the share capital of Greek gas transmission system operator DESFA. "Reganosa, Transgaz and EBRD ...

ATHENS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Families across Greece celebrated the end of the carnival season and the start of Lent on Monday, exchanging wishes for health and prosperity. Clean Monday (Kathara Deytera in GREEK) is a public holiday here, marking the 40 day countdown to Easter for Greece Orthodox ...

The GREEK Teacher's Association “Prometheus” in cooperation with the Hellenic News of America held an event in honor of the late educator Constantine Parthenis, first President in 1975, on Sunday, February 11th at St. Catherine's Church, Astoria, New York. A memorial service at the church was ...

Steamy times in Tirnavos (Picture Rex)Cancel your stag do plans, because there’s a Greek festival with more fake penises than even the most outrageous Prague booze-up. Should there be child-free zones on planes? Growing movement says, ‘Yes’ Dildos ...

High heels, stockings and makeup – employers have long dictated the appearance of female employees. In an extract from a new book, the writer and commentator talks about finding comfort and confidence through her clothes A century of women at work – in pictures Regulating how women dress, both in and out of the workplace, is nothing new. In ancient Greece, an appointed group of magistrates, _gynaikonomoi_, or “controllers of women”, ensured that women dressed “appropriately” and managed how much they spent on their apparel. The strict – and mandatory – codes were designed to remind women of their place in Greek society. In the ensuing millennia, not much has changed. Throughout history, men have controlled women’s bodies and their clothing by way of social strictures and laws. Continue reading...

Forty-four years on from the Turkish military invasion that left Cyprus split in two, and two weeks after the election that could relaunch peace talks, we meet the chief negotiator for the Republic of Cyprus, Andreas Mavroyiannis. He tells FRANCE 24’s ...

GREEK Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos arrived in Brussels for Monday's Eurogroup meeting with all but two of 110 prior actions complete, Kathimerini understands. According to a compliance report seen by Kathimerini, GREEK authorities have enforced 108 structural and economic reforms from a list of ...

Kristen Foley, a parent of a GREEK student, specifically spoke about “unjustified” sanctions placed on GREEK students and the university's “First Amendment violation of freedom of association.” She did not say which fraternity her son is affiliated with. She said she appeared before the Board to address ...

If you lived in the county 20 or 30 years ago, you just might recognize Louis “Lou” Nicozisis, who became well-known for his legendary Carpet Mart commercials. Nicozisis and his wife, Helen, were feted for 30 years of dedication to the GREEK Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Christian Mission Center ...

Vodafone GREECE said it will no longer offer access to Napster from 15 March. Customers who renew their free monthly subscription for the Napster prepaid package until 14 March will, however, be able to access it by 15 April. The Napster prepaid package, which provides a monthly subscription to ...

GREECE vetoed FYROM's accession to NATO at the 2008 Bucharest summit, stating that Article 5 of its constitution implied territorial expansion at GREECE'S expense. The issue has hovered at the periphery of Greek public discourse over the crisis years. When Tsipras took a seat at the negotiating table, ...

General cargo ship BLUE TUNE reported to Greek authorities a strange outbreak of unknown disease on board, while sailing in Gulf of Corinth with cargo of bauxite, en route from Ravenna Italy to San Nicolas GREECE, Gulf of Corinth. One crew, said to be cook, already died. Greek specialist excluded ...

To the Editor: I just returned from a wonderful trip to Athens to reconnect with my Greek relatives after 40 years. I last visited in […] The post Letter to the Editor: How to Solve the Graffiti Problem in Athens, and Elsewhere appeared first on The National Herald.

ATHENS – Fotis Fragopoulos and Napoleon Papistas can’t remember exactly when they saw the light – not the Holy Light – but came to atheism […] The post Not in God’s Name: Greek Atheists Want Separation of Church, State appeared first on The National Herald.

Resolution Foundation says young Britons have suffered biggest reversal in fortunes save for young Greeks Britain’s millennial generation, born since 1981, have suffered a bigger reversal in financial fortunes than their counterparts in most other developed countries except Greece, according to a new study. The report by the Resolution Foundation paints a gloomy picture for all young adults across the developed world – apart from the Nordic countries. It highlights how incomes are depressed, jobs scarce and home ownership is slumping for the millennial generation compared with the baby boomers that preceded them. Continue reading...

The GREEK Cypriot administration will not be permitted to continue engaging in unilateral natural gas exploration activities in the Mediterranean without the consent of Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Kudret Özersay has said. “They cannot continue before the ...

ATHENS – Greece isn’t enforcing drinking laws prohibiting those under 18 from buying booze or getting clubs – some selling potentially deadly adulterated spirits – […] The post Unchecked, Greek Teen Drinking Spiraling Out of Control appeared first on The National Herald.

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos will have his hands full in a meeting with his Eurozone colleagues in Brussels as they have said Greece will need […] The post Greek Economy Gets More Scrutiny from EU Creditors appeared first on The National Herald.

UK millennials have suffered the worst falls in their incomes of any nationality apart from Greece over the past decade. In a new report the Resolution Foundation think tank calculates that average real hourly earnings for under-30s in Britain fell 13 per ...

The GREEK Cypriot administration will not be permitted to continue engaging in unilateral natural gas exploration activities in the Mediterranean without the consent of Turkish Cypriots, the foreign minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Monday. In a written statement, Kudret ...